HLTHAGE 2D03- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 20 pages long!)
6 Oct 2017
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Intro & profile of canadian aging population and support needs. Facts: baby boom generation is currently the primary caregiving cohort for older people, canadas pop. 65+ in 2030 expected to be 24. 1: chronic conditions and disability increase in old age (80-90% have one or more chronic condition or disability) If we look at the population as a whole, we lump old people into one category- that is people that need our help- meanwhile these people are still tax payers that do many useful things in the community. Selection: choose to stop doing something - like stopping driving at night, select not to participate in certain activities (fear of injury or prevention or to conserve energy) Single women, poor people, widowed men, people without children - research says that people without children have strong bonds with other family members such as their nieces and nephews and others. Imagine you had some functional limitation: physical and cognitive.
